059 - Stephen James Taylor

In this colorful, rich episode, we take a look into the importance of visual and narrative elements in accompanying microtonal music and its ideas. Stephen James Taylor does this not only through writing music in film, but also through his own visual content, such as in "Surfing the Sonic Sky," an important documentary about Erv Wilson. Among the topics discussed here are: how to approach microtonality in film composition (mixing that with 12-TET), dosage control, the emotions one can only get from microtonal music, and hearing different instruments played with cool effects! We'll also spill the beans on how to get tons of Chinese gongs for a cheap price…   For this episode, I'm planning to transcribe Stephen James Taylor's "Quantum 7" performance from YouTube (though I haven't been able to complete this yet). Be sure to follow the Stephen Weigel YouTube channel if you don't want to miss it!   Music Ancient Seers (Surfing the Sonic Sky) - Stephen James Taylor Sivi - ILEVENS Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste - Béla Bartók Sonic Sorcerer (Surfing the Sonic Sky) - Stephen James Taylor Music from "The Giving" [58-tone Hebdomekontany vs. 12-equal] - Stephen James Taylor MOS Vamp (Surfing the Sonic Sky) - Stephen James Taylor Music from "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" [7-limit] - Stephen James Taylor Eddie Van Halen clip (Back to the Future) Believe me, if all those endearing young charms - Thomas Moore (Bugs bunny clip) Quantum 7 (Transcendent Tonality) - Stephen James Taylor Remorphed Keyboard (Surfing the Sonic Sky) - Stephen James Taylor Three-Part Invention - Stephen James Taylor Dizzy Spell - Stephen James Taylor Trouvaille - Stephen James Taylor The Sugmad is Dreaming - Stephen James Taylor Expressions - Stephen James Taylor The Coprime Colors [7-limit JI] - Stephen James Taylor Mood of Neptune [Fibonacci-based JI] - Stephen James Taylor Rockin' da Beat [17-tone MOS scale] - Stephen James Taylor Topsy Turvy Town theme [from Mickey Mouse] - Stephen James Taylor Rafiki's Theme [from Timon & Pumbaa] - Stephen James Taylor Black Panther [31-TET establishing shot] - Stephen James Taylor Black Panther [53-TET dream sequence] - Stephen James Taylor Sonic Sky Credits/31 for Spud (Surfing the Sonic Sky) - Stephen James Taylor Check out Stephen James Taylor's music: https://www.stephenjamestaylor.com/sjt/home_page.html https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853200/ https://music.apple.com/us/artist/stephen-james-taylor/6860557 https://www.youtube.com/user/SurfingTheSonicSky https://vimeo.com/sonicsky Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nowandxen Follow http://nowandxen.libsyn.com https://twitter.com/now_xen https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ Subscribe RSS: http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/rss iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1mhnGsH… Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nowxen Twitter: https://twitter.com/now_xen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmYNMpemAIq8DnK5HJ9gsA Transcription of "Quantum 7" https://youtu.be/O5LI8mIHpp4?si=YHtZLWT6QLvEo1nO